Hi, Alabama Researchers: Just a note to let you know that I've updated my Alabama Genealogy website with information on all counties in Alabama, African Americans, Native Americans, Civil War in Alabama, and Personal Home Pages of people with Alabama connections and much more. http://huntsville.about.com/cs/genealogy1/index.htm If you have a web page dealing with ALABAMA genealogy and would like to submit it for inclusion, just send me an email with the link and a summary of the contents. Jean Brandau [email protected]

Posted on: Cherokee Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Al/Cherokee/570 Surname: ------------------------- I looked in the Cherokee Co. cemetery records and did not find the couple listed. Tecumseh is very near the Polk Co., GA line and they may be buried in Georgia. It is also very near the Calhoun Co. line and they may be buried there.

Posted on: Cherokee Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Al/Cherokee/568 Surname: Hanson, Prichard, Prather, Bailey, Roberson ------------------------- I am also looking for a John Hanson, John Thomas Hanson stated in his CSA pension app. that he was born in Cobb County GA. in 1839.He died in Anderson County TX in 1939. I have been trying to trail him back to his parents.He had son born to him and his wife Mary Jane Gilstrap, in Oxford MS. on Nov.7,1875. That is the only place other than TX. He said that he arrived in Texas in 1886.

Posted on: Cherokee Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Al/Cherokee/567 Surname: ------------------------- I have a copy of the Cherokee Co. cemetery records and no names with those dates are listed. The LDS did a cemetery survey in the 1960s and there may be some burials in that survey that are not in the new book.

I am currently seeking for Wetzel/Witzel/Whitzel and various other spelling. I am descendants from Jacob & Margaret (Summey) Wetzel, and I am trying to piece together their large family. It is very possible that some moved to, or thought Cherokee Co., Al as many of their closely related family did. I would be very thankful for any information you have to share with me. Wylene Alston

Here are some of the records that can be found (or ordered from your local LDS Family History Center) for Cherokee Co AL: Probate index, 1882-1932; probate minutes, 1882-1929; probate records, 1881-1932; wills, 1881-1952; administrator's, executor's, guardian's bonds, 1882-1907 Cemetery records of Cherokee County, Alabama, 1840-1960 Stewart, Mrs. Frank Ross Cemetery records, Cherokee County, Alabama compiled and published by members of the L.D.S. Church in Alabama Cherokee County, Alabama cemetery inscriptions Mann, Mrs. Robert N Lively Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama tombstone inscriptions Coosa River Valley Historical and Genealogical Society (Alabama) For more records check the online catalog http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/fhlc/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,180,0 Nicole Pinson

Posted on: Cherokee Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Al/Cherokee/562 Surname: ------------------------- That name is not mentioned in the will book of Cherokee Co. Just a reminder, the Cherokee Co. courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1882 and very few records survived. There is a book of Chancery Court records 1856-1884, but there are no Henson/Hanson/Hinson listed in the index. Sorry

Hello and please accept my apologies if this is a repeat. I have a new email address: [email protected] Sandy ------------- Sandy Redmond Webmaster, Calhoun County MIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~micalhou

Mark, I have a copy of the DeKalb County census 1870. I have listed 3 households with Beck's. 21-21 BECK, Thomas, 60mw farmer 800/892 Tenn. Jane, 26fw k.h. Alabama Sarah T., 17fw Alabama. ARMSTRONG, M., 39w 200/118 Tenn. ARMSTRONG, Nancy, 16 fw Alabama. 23-23 BECK, William, 22mw on farm none/(?) Alabama Lydia A., 16fw k.h. Alabama 51-51 BECK, Lucinda, 56fw k.h. none/115 Tenn. HARTMAN, Prisella, 27 fw Alabama. I found no NIBLET'S listed though. Good luck. Sandy Owsley [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 1:14 PM Subject: [ALCHEROK] Emily Beck, Cherokee County Land Warrant, 1893 Dear List Members, I'm just back from another genealogical field trip up there, researching my Wood and Niblet lines, but unfortunately didn't find much of anything new or helpful. However, as I look over old photocopies of census records that I've made, I'm pretty sure I've identified an Emily Beck, in whose household my orphaned gggranduncle George A. Niblet was living in 1870 in Cedartown GA, as George's sister Emily Niblet, now apparently married to a man named Beck. However, since her husband doesn't appear in the household, he must have been dead, perhaps a Civil War casualty. Yesterday I located a land warrant for an Emily Beck, Cherokee County, AL, dated 1893. Since Emily's brother William moved to Cherokee County after 1870, it's quite possible that Emily did, too, and that this land record I've found is Emily Niblet Beck's. By the way, the legal land description is this: W1/2NW Section 6 Township 12-S, Range 12-E. Don't know just where that is, but it is in Cherokee Count! y.! Has anyone there in Cherokee County come across this name before and would be able to shed some light on the identity of this Emily Beck? Many thanks. --Mark

Dear List Members, I'm just back from another genealogical field trip up there, researching my Wood and Niblet lines, but unfortunately didn't find much of anything new or helpful. However, as I look over old photocopies of census records that I've made, I'm pretty sure I've identified an Emily Beck, in whose household my orphaned gggranduncle George A. Niblet was living in 1870 in Cedartown GA, as George's sister Emily Niblet, now apparently married to a man named Beck. However, since her husband doesn't appear in the household, he must have been dead, perhaps a Civil War casualty. Yesterday I located a land warrant for an Emily Beck, Cherokee County, AL, dated 1893. Since Emily's brother William moved to Cherokee County after 1870, it's quite possible that Emily did, too, and that this land record I've found is Emily Niblet Beck's. By the way, the legal land description is this: W1/2NW Section 6 Township 12-S, Range 12-E. Don't know just where that is, but it is in Cherokee County.! Has anyone there in Cherokee County come across this name before and would be able to shed some light on the identity of this Emily Beck? Many thanks. --Mark

A new research tool is now on the internet. It is the new web page for AL-Cemeteries List and can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcemete/ We still need volunteers to do look-ups for people in many counties. If you can volunteer to do look-ups either from books that you own or actual "in cemetery" look-ups, please let the webmaster know. And while you are at the web site - please sign the guestbook. It would make the List Mom and Webmaster very happy. Thanks, Doris

MaryAnn-thank you. My mother grew up around Coate's Bend and I will definitely share with her. Lou (Roebuck) Cook ps Mom was a Gwin _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

As some of you may already know, the tornado last Saturday wreaked some pretty frightful devastation in Etowah County. The community around Macedonia Baptist Church in Coates Bend - the church where I grew up - was hit very hard. No one was killed, but several were injured, and a lot of people have lost everything. My mother, who still lives in the area, tells me that it looks like a war zone - there are cars in trees, appliances in trees, pieces of houses scattered everywhere. Mom, thank God, is fine, as are the rest of my relatives. What I'm getting to here is, please remember these folks in your prayers. And if you can find it in your hearts to give a little extra here at Christmas, please remember the Red Cross. These people are doing an incredible job here in Alabama. Thank you. Mary Ann Raley-Hudson P.S. In case you're wondering why I posted this to the Cherokee County list, Etowah was formed from part of Cherokee until 1866. A lot of the Cherokee County roots are now in Etowah County.

I was searching the egroups for genealogy and came aross this site [email protected] It is free to subscribe and they send out a daily "surname search" list. I have found it very useful and they also list the harder to find web pages where people post data to. Example would be like a small area in a county where as Rootsweb would do the whole county. On todays list was the link below. It was helpful to my cousin and I thought someone else might want to check it out. You might also want to do a search on the egroup site to see if anyone is researching the area or name your looking for. http://genealogysearch.org/index.html#surnames

The Gadsden Public Library also has some Cherokee Co records -- in books and on microfilm (newspapers, marriage, cemetery, ect.) http://library.gadsden.com/genealogy.html Nicole Travis Hardin wrote: > Vicki, > I have posted your inquiry to two Cherokee County mail lists. The public > library has a small but useful genealogy corner. Its phone number is on the > AlGenWeb Cherokee County web site. Also contact Ms. Jane Dodson whose e-mail > address is under look-ups on the same web page, and who may direct you to > cemetery lists and marriage records. > > Has anyone on this list done research at the court house itself? I'd like to > know, along with Vicki, how much cooperation is given to genealogy > researchers by the court house staff. It is my impression that when > researching property transfers, there is *nothing published,* so one *must* > go to the court house. Am I correct? > > Travis Hardin - [email protected] > 2405 Springhill Road, NW, Huntsville, AL 35810 > Genealogy web page - www.mindspring.com/~travishardin/gen > Cherokee County Coordinator, AlGenWeb Project - www.rootsweb.com/~alcherok/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vicki Lais <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, December 10, 2000 12:49 AM > Subject: AlGenWeb Cherokee County Site > > >If I were coming to Cherokee County to do research, where would I go? Is > there > >a historical museum/archives, courthouse, library? Where could I get > probate > >records, wills, marriage records? Do any of the neighboring counties have > >information about Cherokee Co? Is there a genealogy society or historical > >society, if so, when do they meet? Can you give me addresses/ phone > numbers/ > >hours of the most likely places to do research? > > > >Some of the counties have this information listed on their site, but I > couldn't > >find it for the Cherokee Co site. I'm coming up there next month, but I > don't > >know where to do the research once I get there. I'll keep hunting on the > web > >site, just in case I overlooked the information. (Sometimes, if it stares > me in > >the face too hard, I can't see it) > > > >Thanks, > >Vicki Lais > >Birmingham, AL > >

Vicki, I have posted your inquiry to two Cherokee County mail lists. The public library has a small but useful genealogy corner. Its phone number is on the AlGenWeb Cherokee County web site. Also contact Ms. Jane Dodson whose e-mail address is under look-ups on the same web page, and who may direct you to cemetery lists and marriage records. Has anyone on this list done research at the court house itself? I'd like to know, along with Vicki, how much cooperation is given to genealogy researchers by the court house staff. It is my impression that when researching property transfers, there is *nothing published,* so one *must* go to the court house. Am I correct? Travis Hardin - [email protected] 2405 Springhill Road, NW, Huntsville, AL 35810 Genealogy web page - www.mindspring.com/~travishardin/gen Cherokee County Coordinator, AlGenWeb Project - www.rootsweb.com/~alcherok/ -----Original Message----- From: Vicki Lais <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, December 10, 2000 12:49 AM Subject: AlGenWeb Cherokee County Site >If I were coming to Cherokee County to do research, where would I go? Is there >a historical museum/archives, courthouse, library? Where could I get probate >records, wills, marriage records? Do any of the neighboring counties have >information about Cherokee Co? Is there a genealogy society or historical >society, if so, when do they meet? Can you give me addresses/ phone numbers/ >hours of the most likely places to do research? > >Some of the counties have this information listed on their site, but I couldn't >find it for the Cherokee Co site. I'm coming up there next month, but I don't >know where to do the research once I get there. I'll keep hunting on the web >site, just in case I overlooked the information. (Sometimes, if it stares me in >the face too hard, I can't see it) > >Thanks, >Vicki Lais >Birmingham, AL >

Travis, I have done research in Cherokee Co. To my knowledge, the only records that have been published for Cherokee Co. are marriage records, cemetery records, census records, Chancery Court records 1856-1884, will record index 1881-1927, and I believe the old plat book was copied and published in Northeast Alabama Settlers. As far as getting help at the courthouse, there is not much help. They dont seem too concerned with someone who is doing family research. They basically show you where the records room is and you look for yourself. Also, not all the records of Cherokee Co. are kept in the courthouse. Some of the others which have been deemed unimportant are stored in the attic of the Cherokee Co. museum, but you have to have permission from the probate judge to search through them. Hope this helps. John A.

I am seeking information about the family of Daniel Rowland Monroe who died at his home in Oxana ca December, 1896. He was born in New York City July 4, 1821 was married first to Caroline Sarah Booth in New Orleans Sept 1, 1849. Also would appreciate any info re: George Caldwell or Sarah [Sallie] Washabaugh. Thanks Cecile [email protected]

Dear Researchers: My computer got a virus and I had to delete some infected files and completely re-install Windows 98. In the process, I might have lost some information. If you sent me a link to your Alabama genealogy personal page or any other Alabama URL's, would you check to see if they are on my website and if not, please re-send them to me? Thanks! http://huntsville.about.com/cs/genealogy1/index.htm Jean Brandau [email protected]

Does anyone know the whereabouts of genealogist Mrs. Frank Ross Stewart (Margaret), and whether she is living and coherent and still willing to share information or meet someone? A correspondent is told she has the Bible of his ancestor Shumate SLOAN and would like to meet her. Plan B: Where can her son Frank Ross Stewart, Jr. be contacted? Some Frank Stewarts show up on a Yahoo people search: http://people.yahoo.com/py/psPhoneSearch.py?FirstName=frank&LastName=stewart&City=&State=al Thanks, Travis Hardin - [email protected] 2405 Springhill Road, NW, Huntsville, AL 35810 telephone 256.858.2157 genealogy web page - www.mindspring.com/~travishardin/gen Cherokee County Coordinator, AlGenWeb Project - www.rootsweb.com/~alcherok/